The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-05-28

London Standard.

Vhe Sale 0u ZO0laQue, 1T the
Grand Hetel in Paris, was crowded
on Wednesday night, April Goth,
with doctors, journalists and we'll
known Parisians, who had been in
vited by N. Hepp, editor of the
Voltaire, to witness some interest
ing experiments of pewly-discov-
cred hypnotizer, NJ. Moulin. With
out attempting to account for the
extraordinary power possessed by
N. Moulin, who is a comparatively
young and handsome man, over
the doctors, journalists and ladies
of the audience who consented to
mount the platform and allow him
to experiment upon them, will
state in q few words what he did.
NJ. Moulin does not put people
to sleep, but makes them obey his
will while thoroughly awake. He
began by choosing his subjects
among the people who presented
themselves, by placing his hand on
the nape Of the neck. While talk
ing to them he inquired whether
they felt an unusual heat under his
hand. If an affirmative answer
was given he knew he had a good
subject, and, while telling him to
stand up straight, soon brought
him on his knees by simply placing
one hand lightly on his back and
holding the other in front of his
knees.
1t was extremely curious to wit
ness the efforts made by some peo-
pie to keep their feet, but it was
useless; they had to go down on
their knees. One gentleman, we'll
known in Partisan society, was
dragged around the room among
the spectators by M. Moulin, who
put that gentleman's hand first on
his shoulder and then on his head
and told him to follow him. When
they got back to the platform he
told the same gentleman, when sit
ting on the ground, that he forbade
him to rise. Notwithstanding the
most strenuous efforts he could not
rise until he had received the mag
netizer's permission.
One of the writer's on the Gau-
lois was operated on in a yet more
astonishing manner. Placed at the
extremity of the long hall, with his
back turned to NJ. Moulin, he was
told to do all he could to prevent
himself being drawn backward to-
ward the platform. He used what
seemed to be almost superhuman
efforts to stand where he was, but
soon his legs began trembling vio-
lently, and in spite of all he was
soon walking backward toward the
operator.
After that everybody was made
to laugh heartily by the same gen.
tleman being made to dance in a
most amusing manner. NJ. Moulin
also fought a mock duel. Asking
for two walking-sticks, he gave one
to the gentleman, and, after cross
ing swords with him he paralyzed
his arm by his will. After releas-
ing his adversary from that disad-
vantageous position NJ. Moulin told
him that he defied him to touch
him with the stick. The operator
failed in this instance, for, after a
prolonged effort, during which the
Journalist seemed to strain every
nerve and muscle in his body, he
at last touched NJ. Moutin's chest.
The operator, however, won great
applause by recommending the ex-
pertinent. He stood perfectly still
and offered, as before, no resistance
but his will or magnetic power.
The gentleman, with his stick,
struggled, so to say, against the air,
but failed to touch the operator.
One of the ladies present was then
told by M. Moulin, while she was
sitting among the spectators, that
he defied her to say Nebuchad-
nezzar." 1t was ridiculous in the
extreme to hear her try in vain, till
the operator gave her permission
to say the word.
The same lady was evidently a
good subject, for NJ. Moulin, plac-
ing two chairs in the middle of the
platform, sat down on one, and
then told the lady she would come
and sit down OH the other and lean
her head on his shoulder. She
protested, but in a few minutes she
was seized with a most violent
trembling in her outstretched arms.
She got up, and then threaded her
way among the spectators in what
eeemed to be a nervous trance, for
she trembled most violently. Some
people thought she would trip on
the platform steps, but M. Moulin,
who was quietly awaiting her arri-
val, treasured them by saying, "She
cannot fall; l forbid her."
She sat down on the chair and
when there, seemed determined not
to put her head on the operators
shoulder but in a few moments
she closed her eyes and let her head
fall. At the same instant NJ. Mou-
tin started to his feet. and blowing